Is your computer cluttered with clips of the kids, videos of your cat, and other miscellaneous slices of life? Learn how to organize and archive those files like the pros with these best practices.

Run the PuTTY SSH (Secure Shell) program when you need to establish a secure, encrypted network connection to a remote Unix/Linux computer storing files you require. Note that the PuTTY program by ...

I was on the first hour of a five-hour train trip last week when my wife informed me that she needed a file she had emailed herself. The train’s Wi-Fi wasn’t working. She had her MacBook ready, and ...

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While you can replace a lot of desktop apps with online equivalents when using a Chromebook—and even run Linux apps—you can’t exactly transfer your local media library wholesale from Windows or macOS ...

Losing a file in macOS can be a real pain, and doubly so when you’re the one who clicked delete. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to recover deleted files, particularly if you realise your mistake ...

To get the most out of the sandbox, with the Windows Sandbox running, you can easily transfer files. As a security precaution, you might want to transfer an application’s exe file from the host ...

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Temporary files can overstay their welcome and end up lining the stores of your hard drive as junk files. Temporary files range from installation elements left by long deleted programs to system files ...